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HAMMOCK FRAE on SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 714,554, dated November 25, 1 902.

Application filed August 14, 1901. Serial No. 72,056. (No model.)

To aZZ whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS AUGUSTUS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Oenterville, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammock Frames or Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hammock frames or supports, the object being to provide a light portable hammock frame which can be carried around with ease to follow the shade of a tree or building without the necessity of separating any part of the frame.

A further object is to provide a frame of this character which can be easily taken apart and folded compactly into small compass for shipment or transportation and at the same time a frame which will be thoroughly braced when set up to afford a support for the hammock without the necessity of attaching it to trees or parts of a building.

With these objects in View my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of my improved hammock-frame in position. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details, and Fig. 5 is a modification.

A A represent tripod-heads. These are cast of gray or malleable iron, with three converging tapering sockets 1 2 3, which extend downwardly to receive the legs 4, 5, and 6, respectively, of the tripod. Each tripod-head is likewise provided with a horizontally-disposed tapering socket 7, adapted to receive the cross-pole 8, which extends across from one tripod-head to the other. The outer ends of these sockets are cast with oval ribs, the object of which is to give the casting greater strength where most needed and permits the body of the casting to be made very light and thin. Likewise each tripod-head is provided with anintegral hook 9, adapted to receive and removablysupport an end of the hammock B, suspended from these hooks and beneath the cross-pole, where it swings. It will be observed that the legs and cross-pole are largerin the center than at the ends. This particular form is in the interest of lightness, giving a maximum of strength with a minimum weight. Also it will be noticed that the legs are the same size at both ends, so that it is immaterial which end enters the socket, making it more convenient in setting up the frame. In other words, the legs are reversible. From the tapering form of these sockets it will be seen that the weight of the occupant of the hammock will tend to force the legs and cross-pole the more tightly in the sockets, and thus make the joints all the more rigid.

While the castings are made of metal, the legs and cross-pole are preferably composed of Wood in the interest of lightness.

To provide for folding the frame into as small a compass as possible for the purpose of transportation or storage, the cross-pole is made in two sections of equal length, their inner ends being tapered and held in correspondingly-tapered sockets 1O 10, formed in the opposite ends of a coupling-sleeve l1, which,like the tripod-heads,is preferably cast of metal. The sockets in the coupling-sleeve being tapered also results in a more secure fastening as Weight is applied. The length of the two sections of the cross-pole is but little longer than the legs of the tripod, so that all these parts will fold together in the smallest space possible.

A canopy of any light form might be secured on the cross-pole by means of loops 1 13 13 in the cross-straps 14. 14, through which the cross-pole is threaded, and the adjustment of the canopy lengthwise or axially of the cross-pole may be effected through the screw-clamp 15, located at or near the center.

In the modification, Fig. 5, in lieu of the cast tripod-heads with integral sockets and hooks a wooden ball is employed and has a hook secured thereto for the support of the hammock. This latter construction is proposed as being slightly more ornamental than the one previously described.

In the modifications shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the legs of the other two forms above described are removed, and the heads are provided with eyes l6 16, whereby they are suspended at the ends of ropes or chains 17 17 from a porch or other ceiling. In every other respect the parts all correspond with the two constructions previously described.

It is my purpose to make the entire hammock-frame as light as possible, so that it can be lifted and moved from place to place without taking it apart or removing the hammock. At the same time it will be sufficiently strong to withstand the strain brought to bear upon it when in use-in fact, will be as strong as the hammock itself. Also, as previously mentioned, it may be easily and quickly dismantled for packing and as easily mounted again when it is desired to use.

It is evident that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A portable hammock-frame comprising a pair of integral heads, each head containin g four tapering sockets, three of the sockets extending downwardly from a common point on the inclined lines of a triangular pyramid, the fourth socket extending horizontally outward from the common point, and a hook on each head.

2. A portable hammock-frame comprising a pair of integral heads, each head containing four tapering sockets, three of the sockets extending downwardly from a common point on the inclined lines of a triangular pyramid,

the fourth socket extending horizontally outward from the common point, a hook on each head, a sectional cross-bar, a coupling having oppositely-disposed, oppositely-tapering sockets, the adjacent equally-tapered ends of the cross-bar received in the sockets in the coupling and held therein by friction, the 0pposite equally-tapered ends of the cross-bar extending downwardly from a common point on the lines of a triangular pyramid, the fourth socket extending horizontally outward from the common point, a hook on each head, a sectional cross-arm, a coupling having oppositely-disposed, oppositelytapering sockets, the adjacent ends of the cross-bar receivable in the sockets in the coupling, the opposite ends of the cross-bar received and frictionally held in the horizontal sockets, eyes formed integrally with each head to permit the head to be suspended.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIS AUGUSTUS.

Witnesses:

J. L. SHUEY, W. M. EVANS. 

